EP3518430B1 - Procédé et dispositif d'attribution de port d'antenne - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif d'attribution de port d'antenne Download PDF

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EP3518430B1
EP3518430B1 EP16919416.4A EP16919416A EP3518430B1 EP 3518430 B1 EP3518430 B1 EP 3518430B1 EP 16919416 A EP16919416 A EP 16919416A EP 3518430 B1 EP3518430 B1 EP 3518430B1
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  • This application relates to the field of antenna technologies, and in particular, to an antenna port configuration method and apparatus.
  • a radio remote unit (Radio Remote Unit, RRU) in a digital indoor distributed system in a live network includes 2x2 antennas, that is, includes two transmit antennas and two receive antennas.
  • RRU Radio Remote Unit
  • an overlapping area (referred to as a "cell joint area” below) between different RRUs is relatively large.
  • indoor space is relatively enclosed, and therefore the cell joint area is subject to less external interference, and a signal to interference plus noise ratio is high and correlation is low in the overlapping area. In this case, a relatively high three-stream multiplexing/four-stream multiplexing ratio can be obtained.
  • different logical port numbers may be configured for antenna ports of two RRUs that have an overlapping coverage area, so that a four-receive antenna (4R) terminal in a joint area between the two RRUs supports 4x4 virtual multiple-input multiple-output (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MIMO), thereby increasing a spatial multiplexing gain of the 4R terminal, and obtaining a higher data transfer rate.
  • 4R four-receive antenna
  • MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
  • EP2941039 A1 discloses a method and a base station for selecting a working remote radio unit for a user equipment.
  • US 2015/271683 A1 discloses a downlink direction remote radio unit selection decision method and apparatus.
  • US 2013/128760 A1 discloses a RRU port configuration method.
  • Embodiments of this application provide an antenna port configuration method and apparatus, to configure antenna ports for each RRU, to increase a spatial multiplexing gain of a terminal in coverage areas of RRUs, and obtain a higher data transfer rate.
  • the embodiments of this application are applicable to a 4G (fourth generation mobile communications system) evolved system such as an LTE (Long Term Evolution, Long Term Evolution) system, a 5G (fifth generation mobile communications system) system, and a communications network such as a CRAN (Cloud Radio Access Network, cloud radio access network).
  • 4G fourth generation mobile communications system
  • LTE Long Term Evolution, Long Term Evolution
  • 5G fifth generation mobile communications system
  • CRAN Cloud Radio Access Network, cloud radio access network
  • terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA for short), a computer, or any other type of user equipment (user equipment) that can work in a radio environment.
  • access network device includes but is not limited to a base station, a node, a base station controller, an access point (Access Point, AP), a remote node, or any other type of interface device that can work in a radio environment.
  • a 4x4 terminal becomes increasingly popular, but an RRU in a digital indoor distributed system in a live network still includes 2x2 antennas. Therefore, a terminal can send or receive data by using only a maximum of two antennas each time. As a result, a transfer rate for sending or receiving data by the terminal is limited by the RRU.
  • different antenna ports may be configured for two adjacent RRUs. When the two RRUs for which the different antenna ports are configured communicate with a same terminal, the terminal can simultaneously and separately communicate with all the RRUs through the different antenna ports.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communications architecture according to an embodiment of this application.
  • logical port numbers of antenna ports of an RRU 101 are configured as 0 and 1
  • logical port numbers of antenna ports of an RRU 102 are configured as 2 and 3.
  • a terminal 103 in a coverage area of the RRU 102 can communicate with the RRU 102 only through the antenna ports 2 and 3, while a terminal 104 in an overlapping coverage area between the RRU 101 and the RRU 102 may simultaneously communicate with the RRU 101 through the antenna ports 0 and 1 and communicate with the RRU 102 through the antenna ports 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an antenna port configuration method according to an embodiment of this application. The method includes the following steps.
  • Step 201 An access network device obtains M RSRP differences, where the M RSRP differences indicate radio signal strengths of N radio remote units RRUs, and both M and N are positive integers greater than 1.
  • RSRP reference signal received power
  • Step 202 The access network device determines, based on the M RSRP differences, an order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • Step 203 For any RRU of the N RRUs, the access network device configures same antenna ports for two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU, and configures different antenna ports for the RRU and the RRUs adjacent to the RRU.
  • the access network device may obtain the M RSRP differences in different manners.
  • any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between downlink RSRPs of two of the N RRUs.
  • the N RRUs may send a signal to each other.
  • the RSRP can be used to measure a power of a downlink reference signal, so that each RRU can determine an RSRP difference between the RRU and another RRU by receiving a signal sent by the another RRU, and then the access network device can determine the M RSRP differences of the N RRUs.
  • any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between a downlink RSRP of one of the N RRUs and an uplink RSRP of a terminal.
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • all the N RRUs send signals to a same terminal, and receive signals sent by the terminal, so that the access network device obtains a difference between a downlink RSRP of each RRU and an uplink RSRP of the terminal, to determine the M RSRP differences.
  • the N RRUs may not be RRUs connected to the access network device by using an interface such as a common public radio interface (Common Public Radio Interface, CPRI), and the N RRUs may be RRUs in a same preset area.
  • CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
  • the access network device determines, based on a mode in which the N RRUs work, the order of traversing the N RRUs. Specifically, when the N RRUs work in the TDD mode, the access network device may determine, in the following steps, the order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • Step 1 The access network device selects one RRU from the N RRUs as a target RRU.
  • Step 2 The access network device uses, as a target RSRP difference, a minimum RSRP difference in the M RSRP differences that is determined based on a downlink RSRP of the target RRU.
  • Step 3 The access network device marks the target RRU, uses the other RRU used for determining the target RSRP difference as a new target RRU, and returns to the step of using, as a target RSRP difference, a minimum RSRP difference in the M RSRP differences that is determined based on a downlink RSRP of the target RRU, until all of the N RRUs are marked.
  • step 2 the step of using, as a target RSRP difference, a minimum RSRP difference in the M RSRP differences that is determined based on a downlink RSRP of the target RRU is returned.
  • Step 4 The access network device determines an order of marking all the N RRUs as the order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • the access network device may determine a shortest path from each RRU to another RRU in the N RRUs, to determine a relative position relationship between all the RRUs.
  • the access network device may determine, in the following steps, the order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • Step 1 The access network device sorts the M RSRP differences in ascending/descending order.
  • the access network device may sort the M RSRP differences in descending order, or sort the M RSRP differences in ascending order.
  • Step 2 The access network device sequentially marks, based on an order of the sorted M RSRP differences, the RRUs corresponding to all the RSRP differences.
  • Step 3 The access network device determines an order of marking all the N RRUs as the order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • the access network device configures antenna ports for each RRU based on the order of traversing the N RRUs. Specifically, for any RRU of the N RRUs, the access network device configures logical port numbers of the antenna ports of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU as 0 and 1, and configures logical port numbers of antenna ports of the RRU as 2 and 3. Alternatively, for any RRU of the N RRUs, the access network device configures logical port numbers of the antenna ports of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU as 2 and 3, and configures logical port numbers of antenna ports of the RRU as 0 and 1.
  • the access network device may configure logical port numbers of the antenna ports of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU as 0 and 1, and configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of the RRU as 2 and 3.
  • the access network device sets transmission modes (transmission mode, TM) of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU to a TM 4, and sets a transmission mode of the RRU to a TM 9.
  • the access network device may further number the N RRUs based on the traversal order, and then configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of an even-numbered RRU as 0 and 1, and configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of an odd-numbered RRU as 2 and 3, to complete antenna port configuration.
  • the access network device may set a transmission mode of the even-numbered RRU to the TM 4, and set a transmission mode of the odd-numbered RRU to the TM 9.
  • the access network device may configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of an even-numbered RRU as 2 and 3, and configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of an odd-numbered RRU as 0 and 1.
  • RRUs for which same logical port numbers of antenna ports are configured perform non-coherent joint transmission (Joint Transmission, JT) with each other, and RRUs for which different logical port numbers of antenna ports are configured perform coherent JT with each other.
  • JT Joint Transmission
  • the access network device determines the order of traversing the N RRUs based on the M RSRP differences, and then configures different antenna ports for two adjacent RRUs in the traversal order based on the order of traversing the N RRUs.
  • the order of traversing the N RRUs that is determined based on the M RSRP differences reflects spatial isolation between the RRUs. Therefore, the N RRUs for which antenna ports have been configured may obtain a relatively large quantity of cell joint areas that support 4x4 virtual MIMO, thereby increasing a spatial multiplexing gain of a terminal in coverage areas of the N RRUs, so that the terminal obtains a higher data transfer rate.
  • the antenna ports of the RRUs may be further adjusted.
  • the following provides description by using an example in which the coverage areas of the N RRUs include K cell joint areas. Each cell joint area is an area formed by an overlapping area between two RRUs.
  • the access network device may periodically collect statistics on information about a terminal connected to each RRU, where the terminal information includes but is not limited to a quantity of terminals, terminal signal quality, and the like.
  • step 2 the access network device obtains a quantity of terminals in each of the K cell joint areas.
  • step 3 the access network device determines P cell joint areas including largest quantities of terminals in the K cell joint areas, where P is less than or equal to K.
  • step 4 if determining that a target cell joint area exists in the P cell joint areas, the access network device configures different logical port numbers for antenna ports of two RRUs corresponding to the target cell joint area, where the target cell joint area is an area in which same logical port numbers are configured for the antenna ports of the two corresponding RRUs.
  • step 2 and step 3 the quantity of terminals may be replaced with terminal signal quality, and details are not described herein.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of this application.
  • an RRU 1 to an RRU 6 each include 2x2 antennas. Same antenna ports are configured for the RRU 1 and the RRU 2 and are numbered 0 and 1, same antenna ports are configured for the RRU 3 and the RRU 4 and are numbered 2 and 3, and same antenna ports configured for the RRU 5 and the RRU 6 and are numbered 0 and 1.
  • the RRU 2 has a cell joint area with each of the RRU 5 and the RRU 6, the RRU 3 has a cell joint area with each of the RRU 1 and the RRU 2, and the RRU 5 has a cell joint area with each of the RRU 3 and the RRU 4.
  • the access network device periodically counts the quantity of terminals connected to each RRU.
  • the access network device determines that both a quantity of terminals in a cell joint area between the RRU 2 and RRU 5 and a quantity of terminals in a cell joint area between the RRU 2 and RRU 6 are greater than a quantity of terminals in a cell joint area between the RRU 2 and the RRU 3, the access network device may reconfigure the antenna ports of the RRU 2 as antenna ports that are different from those of the RRU 5 and the RRU 6, for example, number the antenna ports of the RRU 2 2 and 3. In this way, more terminals enter a cell joint area that supports 4x4 virtual MIMO.
  • antenna ports of an RRU may be re-determined based on terminal signal quality, and details are not described herein.
  • an embodiment of this application further provides an antenna port configuration apparatus.
  • the apparatus may execute the foregoing method embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an antenna port configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the N RRUs work in a time division duplex TDD mode; and any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between downlink RSRPs of two of the N RRUs.
  • the processing unit 402 is specifically configured to:
  • the N RRUs work in a frequency division duplex FDD mode; and any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between a downlink RSRP of one of the N RRUs and an uplink RSRP of a terminal.
  • the processing unit 402 is specifically configured to:
  • the processing unit 402 is specifically configured to: configure logical port numbers of the antenna ports of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU as 0 and 1, and configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of the RRU as 2 and 3.
  • processing unit 402 is further configured to:
  • an embodiment of this application further provides an antenna port configuration apparatus.
  • the apparatus may execute the foregoing method embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an antenna port configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the N RRUs work in a time division duplex TDD mode; and any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between downlink RSRPs of two of the N RRUs.
  • the processor 502 is specifically configured to:
  • the N RRUs work in a frequency division duplex FDD mode; and any one of the M RSRP differences is a difference between a downlink RSRP of one of the N RRUs and an uplink RSRP of a terminal.
  • the processor 502 is specifically configured to:
  • the processor 502 is specifically configured to: configure logical port numbers of the antenna ports of the two RRUs in the traversal order that are adjacent to the RRU as 0 and 1, and configure logical port numbers of antenna ports of the RRU as 2 and 3.
  • processor 502 is further configured to:
  • a bus interface may be further included, and the bus interface provides an interface.
  • the bus interface may include any quantity of interconnected buses and bridges, and specifically link together various circuits of one or more processors represented by the processor and a memory represented by a memory.
  • the bus interface may further link together various other circuits such as a peripheral device, a voltage stabilizer, and a power management circuit. These are well known in the art, and therefore are not further described in this specification.
  • this application may be provided as a method or a computer program product. Therefore, this application may use a form of hardware only embodiments, software only embodiments, or embodiments with a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, this application may use a form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a magnetic disk memory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory, and the like) that include computer usable program code.
  • a computer-usable storage media including but not limited to a magnetic disk memory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory, and the like
  • These computer program instructions may be provided for a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of another programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by a computer or a processor of another programmable data processing device generate a device for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
  • These computer program instructions may alternatively be stored in a computer readable memory that can instruct a computer or another programmable data processing device to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory generate an artifact that includes an instruction device.
  • the instruction device implements a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
  • These computer program instructions may alternatively be loaded onto a computer or another programmable data processing device, so that a series of operations and steps are performed on the computer or another programmable device, thereby generating computer-implemented processing. Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or another programmable device provide steps for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

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  1. Procédé de configuration de port d'antenne, consistant à :
    obtenir (201), par un dispositif de réseau d'accès, M différences de puissance reçue de signal de référence (RSRP), les M différences RSRP étant des différences entre des RSRP en liaison descendante de deux des N unités radio distantes (RRU) ou des différences entre une RSRP en liaison descendante d'une des N RRU et une RSRP en liaison montante d'un terminal, M et N étant tous deux des entiers positifs supérieurs à 1 ;
    déterminer (202), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès sur la base des M différences RSRP, un ordre de traversée des N RRU par un terminal se déplaçant dans une zone de couverture des N RRU ; et
    pour une RRU quelconque des N RRU, configurer (203), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, des mêmes ports d'antenne pour deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU et configurer différents ports d'antenne pour la RRU et les RRU adjacentes à la RRU.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les N RRU travaillent en mode de duplexage par répartition dans le temps (TDD) ;
    une quelconque des M différences RSRP est une différence entre des RSRP en liaison descendante de deux des N RRU ; et
    la détermination (202), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès sur la base des M différences RSRP, d'un ordre de traversée des N RRU consiste à :
    sélectionner, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, une RRU comme RRU cible parmi les N RRU;
    utiliser, comme différence RSRP cible par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, une différence RSRP minimale parmi les M différences RSRP, qui est déterminée sur la base d'une RSRP en liaison descendante de la RRU cible ;
    marquer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, la RRU cible, utiliser l'autre RRU utilisée pour déterminer la différence RSRP cible comme nouvelle RRU cible, et retourner à l'étape consistant à utiliser, comme différence. RSRP cible, une différence RSRP minimale parmi les M différences RSRP, qui est déterminée sur la base d'une RSRP en liaison descendante de la RRU cible, jusqu'à ce que les N RRU soient toutes marquées ; et
    déterminer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, un ordre de marquage de la totalité des N RRU comme ordre de traversée des N RRU.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les N RRU travaillent en mode de duplexage par répartition en fréquence (FDD) ;
    une quelconque des M différences RSRP est une différence entre une RSRP en liaison descendante d'une des N RRU et une RSRP en liaison montante d'un terminal ; et
    la détermination (202), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès sur la base des M différences RSRP, d'un ordre de traversée des N RRU consiste à :
    trier, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, les M différences RSRP par ordre croissant/décroissant ;
    marquer séquentiellement, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès sur la base d'un ordre des M différences RSRP triées, les RRU correspondant à toutes les différences RSRP ; et
    déterminer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, un ordre de marquage de la totalité des N RRU comme ordre de traversée des N RRU.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel la configuration (203), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, des mêmes ports d'antenne pour deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU et la configuration de différents ports d'antenne pour la RRU et les RRU adjacentes à la RRU consistent à :
    configurer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, des numéros de port logique des ports d'antenne des deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU comme 0 et 1 et configurer des numéros de port logique de ports d'antenne de la RRU comme 2 et 3.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, le procédé consistant en outre, après la configuration (203), par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, de mêmes ports d'antenne pour deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU et la configuration de différents ports d'antenne pour la RRU et les RRU adjacentes à la RRU, à :
    obtenir, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, un nombre de terminaux dans chacune de K zones conjointes cellulaires, chacune des K zones conjointes cellulaires étant une zone formée par une zone chevauchante entre deux des N RRU ;
    déterminer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, P zones conjointes cellulaires comprenant des nombres maximums de terminaux parmi les K zones conjointes cellulaires, P étant inférieur ou égal à K ; et
    s'il est déterminé qu'une zone conjointe cellulaire cible existe parmi les P zones conjointes cellulaires, configurer, par le dispositif de réseau d'accès, différents numéros de port logique pour des ports d'antenne de deux RRU correspondant à la zone conjointe cellulaire cible, la zone conjointe cellulaire cible étant une zone dans laquelle de mêmes numéros de port logique sont configurés pour les ports d'antenne des deux RRU correspondantes.
  6. Appareil dispositif de réseau d'accès, comprenant :
    une unité émettrice-réceptrice (401), configurée pour obtenir M différences de puissance reçue de signal de référence (RSRP), les M différences RSRP étant des différences entre des RSRP en liaison descendante de deux des N unités radio distantes (RRU) ou des différences entre une RSRP en liaison descendante d'une des N RRU et une RSRP en liaison montante d'un terminal, M et N étant tous deux des entiers positifs supérieurs à 1 ; et
    une unité de traitement (402), configurée pour : déterminer, sur la base des M différences RSRP, un ordre de traversée des N RRU par un terminal se déplaçant dans une zone de couverture des N RRU ; et pour une RRU quelconque des N RRU, configurer des mêmes ports d'antenne pour deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU et configurer différents ports d'antenne pour la RRU et les RRU adjacentes à la RRU.
  7. Appareil selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les N RRU travaillent en mode de duplexage par répartition dans le temps (TDD) ;
    une quelconque des M différences RSRP est une différence entre des RSRP en liaison descendante de deux des N RRU ; et
    l'unité de traitement (402) est spécifiquement configurée pour :
    sélectionner une RRU comme RRU cible parmi les N RRU ;
    utiliser, comme différence RSRP cible, une différence RSRP minimale parmi les M différences RSRP, qui est déterminée sur la base d'une RSRP en liaison descendante de la RRU cible ;
    marquer la RRU cible, utiliser l'autre RRU utilisée pour déterminer la différence RSRP cible comme nouvelle RRU cible, et retourner à l'étape consistant à utiliser, comme différence RSRP cible, une différence RSRP minimale parmi les M différences RSRP, qui est déterminée sur la base d'une RSRP en liaison descendante de la RRU cible, jusqu'à ce que les N RRU soient toutes marquées ; et
    déterminer un ordre de marquage de la totalité des N RRU comme ordre de traversée des N RRU.
  8. Appareil selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les N RRU travaillent en mode de duplexage par répartition en fréquence (FDD) ;
    une quelconque des M différences RSRP est une différence entre une RSRP en liaison descendante d'une des N RRU et une RSRP en liaison montante d'un terminal ; et l'unité de traitement (402) est spécifiquement configurée pour :
    trier les M différences RSRP par ordre croissant/décroissant ;
    marquer séquentiellement, sur la base d'un ordre des M différences RSRP triées, les RRU correspondant à toutes les différences RSRP ; et
    déterminer un ordre de marquage de la totalité des N RRU comme ordre de traversée des N RRU.
  9. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, dans lequel l'unité de traitement (402) est spécifiquement configurée pour :
    configurer des numéros de port logique des ports d'antenne des deux RRU dans l'ordre de traversée qui sont adjacentes à la RRU comme 0 et 1 et configurer des numéros de port logique de ports d'antenne de la RRU comme 2 et 3.
  10. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, dans lequel l'unité de traitement (402) est en outre configurée pour :
    obtenir un nombre de terminaux dans chacune de K zones conjointes cellulaires, chacune des K zones conjointes cellulaires étant une zone formée par une zone chevauchante entre deux des N RRU ;
    déterminer P zones conjointes cellulaires comprenant des nombres maximums de terminaux parmi les K zones conjointes cellulaires, P étant inférieur ou égal à K ; et
    s'il est déterminé qu'une zone conjointe cellulaire cible existe parmi les P zones conjointes cellulaires, configurer différents numéros de port logique pour des ports d'antenne de deux RRU correspondant à la zone conjointe cellulaire cible, la zone conjointe cellulaire cible étant une zone dans laquelle de mêmes numéros de port logique sont configurés pour les ports d'antenne des deux RRU correspondantes.
  11. Support de stockage lisible par ordinateur comprenant des instructions qui, lorsqu'elles sont exécutées par l'appareil selon la revendication 6, amènent l'appareil à réaliser le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5.
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